---
name: "Thief of Sanity"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "354"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "68b51d58-7566-4a26-8c31-8da32799bea7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thief-of-sanity-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Thief of Sanity
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Specter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of that player's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest into their graveyard. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dazzling Sphinx](/printing/dazzling-sphinx-prm.md) — Creature — Sphinx
2. [Nightveil Specter](/printing/nightveil-specter-gk1.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Rootwater Thief](/printing/rootwater-thief-nem.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
4. [The Magic Bandit](/printing/the-magic-bandit-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Ingenious Thief](/printing/ingenious-thief-s99.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Shimian Specter](/printing/shimian-specter-m13.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #354
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk
- **Total Printings:** 31 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`